NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS
REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE OFFICIAL
PLAN FOR THE UNITED COUNTIES OF LEEDS AND GRENVILLE

TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Advisory Committee of the Corporation of the United Counties of
Leeds and Grenville will hold public meetings on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 , at 9:00 a.m., to
consider proposed Amendments to the Official Plan for the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville
in accordance with Sections 17 and 21 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended.

THESE WILL BE VIRTUAL MEETINGS. The public is encouraged to submit any written
comments prior to the meetings. The meetings will be livestreamed at
https://www.leedsgrenville.com/en/government/agendas-minutes-and-video.aspx.

For information on how to participate, please see below under Participation and Submissions.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS (File: D09-COPA-LG-2021-02)
This is a Counties initiated Amendment to increase the number of additional residential units
permitted in association with detached houses, semi-detached houses and rowhouses (townhouses).
The Amendment will update the second residential unit policies in Section 2.7.4 in the Counties
Official Plan to be consistent with the updated Planning Act (Section 16(3)). Specifically, the

Amendment will modify Section 2.7.4 of the Official Plan to:

• replace the term "secondary dwelling units" with "additional dwelling units "; and
• enable one additional dwelling unit within a detached house, semi -detached house or rowhouse
and one additional dwelling unit in an ancillary building or structure to a detached house, semidetached
house or rowhouse, subject to the policies and regulations of the local municipal
Official Plan and zoning by-law.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: AGGREGATE RESOURCES AMENDMENT (File D09-COPA-LG-2021 -01)
This is a Counties initiated Amendment to implement the recommendations of the Aggregate
Resources Master Plan, which was completed as a requirement of Section 3.S.2(c) of t he Counties
Official Plan. The Amendment will:

• add bedrock resource mapping and refine sand and gravel resource mapping;
• enable certain types of development in proximity to mapped aggregate resources;
• require specific assessments for other non-aggregate development in proximity to mapped
aggregate resources; and
• add policies that apply to new or expanded aggregate resource extraction operations.

A Counties Official Plan Amendment will not be required for new or expanding resource extraction
operations, however, a local Official Plan Amendment may be required depending on the policies of
the local Official Plan.

SUBJECT LANDS FOR BOTH AMENDMENTS: Includes all lands in the United Counties of Leeds and
Grenville. Accordingly, no key map is provided. Maps illustrating areas of land with known bedrock
or sand and gravel aggregate resources are available by contacting Planning staff or on the Counties
website at www.leedsgrenville.com/aggregateplan.

NOTIFICATION OF DECISION(S): If you wish to be notified of the decision(s) of the United Counties
of Leeds and Grenville on either of the proposed Official Plan Amendments, you must make a written
request, with specified Amendment, to the County Clerk at the address below.

PARTICIPATIONS AND SUBMISSIONS: Any person may participate in the public meetings
and/or make written or verbal representations, either in support or in opposition, to the
proposed Amendments.

If you wish to provide any written comments, to be included in the meeting agenda, please
submit them to Lesley Todd, County Clerk at the address below prior to Friday, December
3, 2021 . Written comments will be accepted up t o and during the meeting.

If you wish to participate in the virtual meeting, you can register with the County Clerk,
Lesley.Todd@uclg.on.ca and a link to the meeting will be provided.

If you wish to provide comments during the virtual meeting please email the County Clerk
at Lesley.Todd@uclg.on.ca.

APPEAL CONSIDERATIONS: If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal

the decision of the Council of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville to the Ontario Land Tribunal
(OL T) but the person does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written
submissions to the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville before the Official Plan Amendment(s) is
(are) adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.
If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written
submissions to the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville before the proposed Official Plan
Amendment(s) is (are) adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing
of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are
reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

PLEASE NOTE - For the proposed Amendment regarding Additional Residential Units, the Province
(in the Planning Act), indicates that there is no appeal in respect of the policies described in Section
16(3) regarding additional residential units.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: For more information about these proposed Amendments or about
appeal rights, contact Cherie Mills, Manager of Planning Services, by telephone at (613) 342-3840,
ext. 2419 or by email at cherie.mills@uclg.on.ca. Additional information, including a copy (copies) of
the proposed Amendment(s), is available by contacting the above Planning staff or on the Counties
website at www.leedsgrenville.com.

PUBLIC CONSULTATION: Please note that Counties Council has delegated to the Planning Advisory

Committee the authority to hold public meetings under the Planning Act. All representations, both
verbal and written, will be considered by the Planning Advisory Committee.
The Planning Advisory Committee will receive a staff recommendation report on each amendment
during the regular part of the Planning Advisory Committee Meeting. Subject to the comments heard
at the public meetings, the Planning Advisory Committee may choose to make a recommendation
to the next Counties Council Meeting for a decision by Counties Council on the matters. The reports
will be available to the public on the Friday before the public meeting on the Counties website at:
https://www.leedsgrenville.com/en/government/agendas-minutes-and-video.aspx.

NOTICE OF COLLECTION: Personal information collected as a result of an Official Plan Amendment

is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, the Municipal Freedom of Information and
Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), the Planning Act, and all other relevant legislation, and will
become part of the public record for the Amendment.

DATED: at the City of Brockville, t his 15th day of November 2021 .

Lesley Todd, County Clerk
United Counties of Leeds and Grenville
25 Central Avenue West, Suite 100
Brockville, ON K6V 4N6
Phone: 613 -342-3840, ext. 2454
Email: Lesley.Todd@uclg.on.ca